Photosynthesis

Tonight was so dark.  My leaves shivered with each frigid wind gust, and the silence around me was so intense.  The loneliness was almost unbearable.  But I knew if I waited long enough, I would see it.  The horizon was finally beginning to glow a faint blue color, and the stars were growing dimmer with each passing minute.  At last, my love would come to me to ease my fears and comfort my heart.  As the glow of the horizon brightened, I held my breath in anticipation of seeing my love's face once again.

And then, after hours of waiting patiently, I saw him.  A bright sliver of intense light emerged from the edge of the world, bathing nearby patches of sky with his beautiful orange hue.  Like a painting, I gazed at the wonderful scene before me as he slowly approached.  A warm breeze caressed my leaves, a hint of what was to come, and I shuddered with delight in anticipation of his gentle touch.

Then I could feel him.  I could feel the first rays on the tips of my upper leaves, and the feeling was so nice, so warm, so right.  I could no longer resist him, and I gave myself over to my love, moving my leaves to meet his touch.  As more and more of my body was bathed in his warm embrace, I could feel a tingling sensation in my extremities, and I knew the pleasure was only beginning.

My leaves trembled with excitement as he fully crossed the horizon, his glorious light chasing the cold darkness of the terrible night away.  The warmth was spreading over me as he gently explored my body with his touch.  The tingling inside me grew stronger, and I breathed in carbon dioxide rather heavily.  As the warm rays glided so pleasantly across my rustling leaves, I felt a rush of energy as my body edged closer and closer to its final release.  The continuous pleasure he provided was building inside me, getting stronger, stronger...

Finally, it happened.  My limbs tensed as I was overtaken by the sheer bliss of his caress.  I could feel every leaf shivering with delight, and the familiar feeling of pure liquid glucose flowing from my extremities deeper and deeper into my body.  I lost track of time as the pleasure continued for hours, more and more of the sweet fluid pouring into me with every sensuous moment.  I was loving every second of the day, and I never ever wanted it to end.  Just me, him, and all the blissful love that we share together, forever.

But, the same as every day, we must eventually part ways.  I don't want to, but I know we must.  As the last of the lovely glucose drips into my body, he kisses me goodnight one last time as he disappears into the western sky.  I linger here, savoring the feelings, the memories, and the love that I have for him to take my mind off of the bitter darkness of the coming night.  But I wait for him every lonely night, looking forward to the next time that we can be together, the next time he comes around for me...